The table below shows the amount of waste production (in million tonnes) in six different countries over twenty years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates how much

waste

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was produced in

Ireland

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, Japan,

Korea

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, Poland, Portugal and the US over two decades. Units are measured in

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tonnes

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. All in all, the US created the largest amount of garbage throughout the time period,

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Ireland

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maintained to produce the least.

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, all the

countries

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had increased

waste

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production over twenty years except

Korea

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. Back in 1980, the US produced 131

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tonnes

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of

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, making it the highest among the six

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.

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, Japan, being the

second,

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had 28

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tonnes

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of

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production at that time.

Ireland

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, Poland and Portugal had a total of 6.6

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tonnes

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,

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there were no data for

Korea

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at the beginning. Over two decades, almost all

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produced more

waste

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compared to the past. The US produced around two hundred

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tonnes

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in 2000,

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Japan produced 53

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tonnes

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as well. The figures for Portugal more than doubled over the years, and

Ireland

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even experienced more than an 8-fold increase. The only exception of the six

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was

Korea

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, where the amount of

waste

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production dropped from 31

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tonnes

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to 19

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at the end

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.